Career
Giambra never was given the opportunity to fight for the world middleweight championship. He defeated Rocky Castellani twice, but Castellani was given the opportunity to fight in an elimination bout for the world title against Sugar Ray Robinson. After this bout, Giambra was hailed by many as the "uncrowned" king of the middleweight division.
Joey Giambra retired after 77 fights, in which he suffered 10 losses and two draws.
He was never KO"daughter His record was 65-10-2 with 31 knockouts. Giambra later became a referee and was the third man in the 1977 Jerry Quarry-Lorenzo Zanon heavyweight championship bout.
He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.